01 Practice areas
Regulatory Affairs
Experts in providing consulting services to ensure the legal and technical compliance of our clients' products within the Latin American market.
Our extensive experience has allowed us to work with companies across all sectors that fall under the scope of regulated goods, always committed to promoting legality, transparency, and best practices. We have a multidisciplinary team of experts dedicated to offering our clients the best and most timely assistance possible.
Our team specializes in offering the following services
Product classification
As part of our process, we evaluate products to determine their category or group based on the regulations of the health authority responsible for registration. This ensures products are appropriately positioned within the relevant regulatory framework, providing clients with the most efficient alternatives in terms of procedures and costs.
Registrations, renewals, and notifications
Our team assists clients in obtaining the permits, registrations, and authorizations needed for their products' commercialization. We also notify clients of renewal deadlines and provide support throughout the renewal process.
Registration modifications
Any changes to a product or its manufacturing process must be reported to the Health Authority. We actively support clients in this process, ensuring compliance, regulatory efficiency, and the proper steps for product commercialization.
NOC (non-obligatory certification)
For products not requiring health registration, we offer evaluations to determine their eligibility and guide clients through the certification process.
Certificate for export
Our team is highly qualified in assisting local manufacturers in securing permits for exporting their products.
Free sale certificate
Supporting the process of obtaining certificates for domestically produced goods intended for export.
Controlled substance certificates
We assist clients whose products contain controlled substances requiring a specific certificate for commercialization.
Health authority authorizations
We advise clients on obtaining health authority documents for specific procedures, including:
- Advertising
- Product and label exhaustion
- Food additives
- Promotional incentives
- Non-available vital products
Device and reagent coding (UDI-DI)
We help medical device and IVDR manufacturers to prepare and submit necessary data for compliance with UDI-DI standards.
Certification support
We provide comprehensive support in obtaining product-specific certifications that ensure their commercial viability. We participate in every stage of the process, increasing the likelihood of success. Certifications include:
- Sanitary conditions
- Sanitary and technical decision
- Production capacity
- Certificate for capacity of storage and conditioning
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
- HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
Specialized advisory
For products with ingredients, claims, or uses requiring specialized review, we offer consulting services to prepare applications for consideration by regulatory authorities.
Post-market surveillance
Assistance in creating and managing post-commercialization surveillance reports for medical devices.
Pharmacovigilance
Support for pharmaceutical product surveillance, generating required reports for health authorities.
Regulatory assistance at ports of entry
We handle regulatory matters during product importation, ensuring compliance for market entry.
Sanction proceedings
We advise clients under regulatory sanctions, designing strategies to ensure due process and favorable outcomes.
Facility registration
For food products, we assist in registering manufacturing facilities as required by regulatory entities.
Label compliance
We review labels for regulatory compliance and create models for nutritional labeling, including nutritional tables, warning seals, and applicable claims.
Compliance certificates
We support obtaining certificates that confirm compliance, such as sodium content certification for food products.
Technical-legal opinions
We provide tailored technical and legal opinions based on applicable regulations and our extensive experience.
Regulatory due diligence
We assess the regulatory status of a client's product portfolio and develop strategies for commercial viability.
Toxicology reports
We assist in obtaining toxicity reports and classifications for pesticide products.
Regulatory hosting services
For foreign companies unable to hold registrations, we offer hosting services, acting as their representative for regulatory purposes in the required countries.
Translations and legalizations
We translate technical and legal documents for regulatory processes, offering both simple and official translations as needed.
Specialized consulting
We tailor regulatory strategies and provide specific solutions to meet our clients' needs.
Products we serve
Products
- Food and beverages
- Natural or artificial products for human consumption, including non-alcoholic beverages, foods, alcoholic beverages with varying alcohol content, energy drinks, sports hydration beverages, and fresh, tinned or processed fish and seafood products.
- Cosmetics
- Products applied locally to superficial parts of the body to clean, perfume, alter, and/or maintain their condition.
- Domestic hygiene products
- Products designed to clean, disinfect, and deodorize spaces and everyday household objects. This category excludes products with similar functions intended for industrial use.
- Personal hygiene absorbents
- Products such as disposable diapers, sanitary pads, tampons, and panty liners.
- Domestic and public health pesticides
- Products used to prevent and control any organism considered a pest, as defined by the relevant health authority.
Medical devices
- Medical devices and biomedical equipment
- Products for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions without pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic actions.
- In-vitro diagnostic reagents
- Reagents used to analyze human samples for detecting pathogens, metabolites, or substances.
- Synthetic pharmaceutical products
- Products with synthetic components, available in various pharmaceutical forms.
- Biological pharmaceutical products
- Products derived from organisms, living cells, or their parts, obtained through methods such as cell culture, microorganisms, viruses, recombinant DNA, and more.
Homeopathic, herbal and dietary supplements
- Homeopathic medications
- Pharmaceutical products created using homeopathic techniques.
- Herbal products
- Medicinal products with active substances derived from plants.
- Dietary supplements
- Products that supplement or complement the normal diet of humans and/or animals.
- Products for animal use
- Includes food, synthetic medications, biological medications, herbal medications, disinfectants, homeopathic products, and cosmetics for animals.
- Agricultural products
- Includes raw materials, ingredients, pesticides, fertilizers, and bio-inputs.
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“It is a reliable company with excellent customer service”
“The staff is trained to provide added value to the service and address any questions that may arise”
“For me, SPI's main strength is its human resources, as they have the necessary knowledge to advise their clients on regulatory matters in each country in Latin America”
Our team
- Isabel SanínDirector of the Regulatory Affairs Department

- Ana de la OssaCoordinator of International Affairs

- Mauricio CortésRegulatory Affairs Coordinator

- Luisa ParraSenior Lawyer

- Sandra PreciadoRegulatory Affairs Analyst

- Catalina OspinaRegulatory Affairs Analyst

- Daniela RodríguezRegulatory Affairs Analyst

- Alejandro RincónBusiness Developer

- Marcela RodríguezAssistant of Operations

- Melanny SánchezRegulatory Assistant
